Capitalism & Crisis
The decline of money
01 Mar 2012
If we are to understand the present crisis we need to grasp the decaying relationship between money, production and value. Hillel Ticktin discusses the growth of fictitious capital and impossibility of getting money to make money
Cryptocurrency craze
14 Dec 2017
Does bitcoin open the way to a world free from the control of global authorities? No chance, argues Michael Roberts
Poststructuralism and decline
23 Nov 2017
Rex Dunn argues that sexism within the left is not the root cause for the rise of political correctness and identity politics
California über alles
28 Sep 2017
Uber’s troubles in London are indicative of the brittleness of the Silicon Valley tech elite, argues Paul Demarty
Hire and fire as they please
21 Sep 2017
With union combativity languishing, writes Michael Roberts, real wages continue to fall despite full employment
Computer says no
07 Sep 2017
Paul Demarty asks why we insist on treating our computers like gods
Ten years later
10 Aug 2017
What has the bourgeoisie learnt from the 2007-08 crash? Not a great deal, writes Michael Roberts
The walking dead
13 Jul 2017
The G20 only confirmed the sluggish nature of the global economy, writes Michael Roberts
Left’s movementist delusions
13 Jul 2017
Neither a million-strong demonstration nor mass strikes would in themselves be likely to bring down the Tories, argues Mike Macnair. But, with the government weak and wobbly, the real question is what happens after a general election. Greece holds plenty of negative lessons
Racists and Islamophobes
06 Jul 2017
Following the triumph of the right in last month’s local elections, writes Toby Abse, the left appears more and more isolated
Fossil fuel era continues
06 Jul 2017
Predictions of an imminent decline of oil are misplaced, argues Jack Conrad. Along with global temperatures, consumption is set to rise
Optimism and pessimism
29 Jun 2017
What is the nature of capitalist crises? Paul B Smith weighs up two contending views
Seize, occupy, requisition
29 Jun 2017
Eddie Ford welcomes Jeremy Corbyn’s militant approach to the housing crisis
How about thinking like a Marxist?
22 Jun 2017
Chris Gray reviews: Kate Raworth Doughnut economics: seven ways to think like a 21st century economist Random House Business Books, 2017, pp384, £20
Capital in disarray
22 Jun 2017
The UK economy is set to enter a period of recession, argues Michael Roberts
Keynes or Marx?
18 May 2017
What is capital’s driving force? Michael Roberts explores the profit-investment nexus